In this episode, Kate is speaking to Eileen Forrestal founder of the Get Up & Go Diaries. 

They discuss the importance of understanding who you are and what you want in a world with ever increasing unfiltered information being directed towards us throughout each day. 

If you want to learn more about the journey Eileen has made and the philosophy behind the inspirational diaries and journals then tune in now. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• The Get Up and Go Diaries represent a philosophy  for life encouraging reflection, encouragement, peace, generosity, cooperation, acceptance, forgiveness and love. 
• They use words as powerful tools and encourage us to consider the words we use both when communicating with others and those we speak internally to ourselves. 

• Questioning is so important for mental health. People need to be questioning on a deep level why they feel the way they do. 
• Understanding what is happening is vital, it enables you to take step by step, day by day actions. 
• We are social creatures, but in today’s society things are becoming very personalised where others have to come into our sphere. We need to be getting out there and in contact with others. 
• We need to be able to filter what we want as the information stream is now huge. 
• You have to get to rock bottom and ask yourself the question, is this where I want to be? 

• We as human beings all have innate abilities. It’s about how you can best use those abilities to get where you want to be. 
• If we are stuck the next step to get unstuck it is the critical step. 
• Who do I need to talk to, what do I need to do? 
• There are all sorts of normal and it's important that everyone gets the chance to be who they want to be. 
• We are all perfect as imperfect human beings. 

• You have to learn yourself; what sort of person you want to be? 

BEST MOMENTS 

‘I’m engaging and responding to what’s happening around me’ 

‘I had loads of ideas but they were stuck in my head’ 

‘What else is there? What could I do? It’s the importance of curiosity’ 

‘Medication can be valuable but the explosion of its use currently cannot be the answer’ 

VALUABLE RESOURCES 
The Mental Health Revolution Podcast 
www.getupandgodiary.com 

ABOUT THE HOST 

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